Bill Text: WV HCR50 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct annual studies on the reporting of sexual assaults in the state's correctional facilities
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-31 - To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security [HCR50 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HCR50-Introduced.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 50
(By Delegates Angelucci, C. Thompson, Lavender-Bowe, S. Brown, Longstreth, Staggers, Caputo, Pyles, Walker, Hanna, Zukoff and Diserio )
[Introduced January 31, 2020]
Requesting the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct annual studies on the reporting of sexual assaults in the state’s correctional facilities.
Whereas, In 2012, the U.S. Justice Department issued its first set of national standards requiring that detention facilities not only give inmates multiple ways to report sexual abuse but also investigate every allegation; and
Whereas, In 2011, before the national standards were issued, there were 8,768 allegations of sexual assault and harassment nationwide. By the end of 2015, that total had jumped to 24,661, a leap of more than 180 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, which compiles the numbers it collects from corrections departments; and
Whereas, It is prudent for our own Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct a study on the reporting of sexual assaults in the state’s correctional facilities; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation conduct annual studies on the reporting of sexual assaults in the state’s correctional facilities; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation submit its first annual study on the reporting of sexual assaults in the state’s correctional facilities to the regular session of the Legislature, 2021, and annually thereafter, on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations.
